WASHINGTON — The future USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) completed Acceptance trials, October 6, Team Ships Public Affairs said in a release. During trials, the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey inspected the ship performing a series of demonstrations…
U.S., U.K. Navies Conduct Unmanned Exercise in Arabian Gulf
MANAMA, Bahrain — Naval forces from the United States and United Kingdom conducted a bilateral exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 7, which featured the use of unmanned systems and artificial intelligence to enhance maritime monitoring by crewed ships and…
General Dynamics Electric Boat Awarded $533 Million for Virginia-Class Submarine Support
GROTON, Conn. — General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced Oct. 6 it was awarded a U.S. Navy contract modification for lead-yard support, development studies and design efforts related to Virginia-class attack submarines. The contract modification…
Coast Guard Interdicts 87 Lanchas off Texas Coast in Fiscal 2022
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard law enforcement crews interdicted 87 lanchas, seized 15,809 pounds of catch and detained 373 fishermen off the Texas coast during fiscal year 2022, the Coast Guard 8th District said in a release. Since the…
Coast Guard Offloads $6.5 million in Seized Cocaine, Transfers 4 Smugglers
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser and Caribbean Corridor Strike Force agents offloaded 721pounds (327kgs) of cocaine Oct. 5 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, following the interdiction of a smuggling vessel in…
Navy Invests in Land-Based Test Site for New Frigate
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has invested funding toward building the land-based engineering test site for the Constellation-class guided-missile frigate (FFG). The Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair, Bath, Maine, has awarded to Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin,…
Navy Opens New Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence; Announces New Regional Training Center in Danville, Va.
DANVILLE, Va. — On Oct. 5, the U.S. Navy celebrated the formal opening of its Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) within the State of Virginia’s Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) on the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research…
Coast Guard Awards Birdon America Inc. to Design, Build River Buoy, Inland Construction Tenders
WASHINGTON — On Oct. 5, 2022, the Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program awarded Birdon America, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed price contract with economic price adjustments for the detail design and construction of its…
Stage 2 of the Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter Moves Forward
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard today issued a notice to Austal USA, the offshore patrol cutter (OPC) Stage 2 contractor, to proceed on detail design work to support future production of OPCs, Coast Guard Headquarters said in a release. The…
Navy Approves Northrop Grumman’s New Navigation Capability for Fleet Deployment
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.— The U.S. Navy has approved Northrop Grumman Corporation’s new Electronic Chart Display and Information System (Navy ECDIS) for deployment to its fleet, the company said in an Oct. 5 release. The Navy’s Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR)…
